Re: [PD-dev] pd 0.52-2 release plan

2022-03-28 Thread Miller Puckette via Pd-dev
Actually I think it can still be used (for instance, fork the comms to a separate file and use a text editor to see what happened. Also, I use the subprocess in 'ascii' mode to show people how the synchronization works - it can be run in ascii mode right from the command line. So still useful,

Re: [PD-dev] pd 0.52-2 release plan

2022-03-28 Thread Christof Ressi
Good points! Just for fun, I tried to run the subprocess in the terminal with ASCII mode and indeed: I can type the input audio data + messages in the console and Pd will print the audio output :-) On 28.03.2022 16:39, Miller Puckette wrote: Actually I think it can still be used (for

Re: [PD-dev] pd 0.52-2 release plan

2022-03-28 Thread Christof Ressi
As others have said, Pd originally only used ASCII mode and binary mode has been introduced later to avoid loss of precision. The ASCII mode has not been designed to help with debugging. As Miller said, there is no real reason to ever use "-ascii". I don't think we need to document it at all.

Re: [PD-dev] pd 0.52-2 release plan

2022-03-28 Thread IOhannes m zmoelnig
On 3/28/22 09:13, cyrille henry wrote: you need a network analysing tool to see the difference. (I use wireshark) oh, well no. It was to early in the morning! pd~ did not use a socket, so you can't see anything with wireshark. while the tool was wrong, the methodology was correct. alexandre

Re: [PD-dev] pd 0.52-2 release plan

2022-03-28 Thread cyrille henry
Le 28/03/2022 à 08:26, cyrille henry a écrit : Le 28/03/2022 à 05:15, Alexandre Torres Porres a écrit : Em qui., 24 de mar. de 2022 às 11:05, Dan Wilcox mailto:danomat...@gmail.com>> escreveu:     I think it's worth documenting it as a debuting tool, since that's what it's there for, as

Re: [PD-dev] pd 0.52-2 release plan

2022-03-28 Thread cyrille henry
Le 28/03/2022 à 05:15, Alexandre Torres Porres a écrit : Em qui., 24 de mar. de 2022 às 11:05, Dan Wilcox mailto:danomat...@gmail.com>> escreveu: I think it's worth documenting it as a debuting tool, since that's what it's there for, as far as I can tell for Miller's response. I